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PARROTS OF PARIS.
The Wonderful Antics of the Trained
Birds Which Arc tho Rage on the Seine.

The Wonderful Antics of the Trained
Birds Which Arc the Rage on the Seine.
Two fixed bars on upright supports are
placed on the table; a parrot climbs upon
one of them, turns a somersault, keeps
his head downward, and, passing on to
the second bar, goes through the same
exercise. Their owner then calls Tom, a
small white parrot, who comes towards
him as if about to climb on one of the
bars, but runs back again, holding down
his head and shaking his wings in q
grotesque way. Tom is evidently the
buffoon of the troupe. A bell is then
brought with a handle which forms q
lever; a parrot advances, and, putting one
foot on the lever, rings the bell. The
trainer asks the audience what number
of rings they wish for; some one exclaims
''Sevenl' and the parrot rings the bell
seven times.
h bird is then asked how much does
three times three make, and it replies by
ringing the bell nine times, A perch is
then placed on the table in the form of a
seesaw, at each end of which a gray par
rot perches, and in the center, Just above
the pivot, jumps a magnificent white
parrot named Charley, the principal one
in the troupe. This parrot, throwing the
weight of his body successfully to right
and left of the pivot, rocks the seesaw
rapidly. To see the animation of this
bird during the performance one would
suppose that he took a real pleasure in
rocking his companions.
The same bird then goes through n
other exercise. Four fagstaffs are set up
on the table, and at the foot of zach is n
flag attached to a cord, which passes over
a pulley at the top. The flags are Eng
lish, French, Belgian and American.
One of the audience asks for the French
flag. Charley advances, draws himself
up, erecting his bright yellow crest, and,
spreading his wings, suddenly seizes the
line with his beak, and then alternately
with beak and foot, hauls up the flag as a
sailor would, hand over hand, until it is
fast at the top. He hen goes through
the same performance with the other
flags in succession.
Several letters of the alphabet are
placed upright on the table, and Charley
is again brought forward, pluming him
self as before. A spectator calls for n
letter. Charley hesitates, inclines his
head Oh one side, appears to reflect, then
suddenly advances and picks up the letter
named, repeating the performance with
other letters when called for. Suddenly
little Tom jumps off the perch, runs up,
seizes the remaining letters one after an
other, and pitches them away on the
floor. Another parrot then appears, and
at the word of command throws several
somersaults on the table. Two others
follow, and waltz slowly round while the
music plays.
Of all parrots NJ. Abby considers the
white cockatoos the most gifted.-Nature.
, 1887-12-13
A FataI Turkey Hunt.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. Wv. II. Grin
ter, a well known stockman of Muncie,
Kas,, and A. H. Ragna, a prominent
citizen of Fort Scott, went turkey hunting
with AZ party of friends on Saturday in
0sark county. The parties separated,
Grinter having a turkey bone he made a
call with the bone which Ragna mistook
for a turkey, and seeing a portion of
CRITTERS head, fred a load of buckshot
into it. Grinter supposing it had been
done purposely, fired, killing Ragna in
stantly. Grinter fingered half an hour
and then died.
, 1887-12-13
1t is stated that the height of the Eng
hsh a~ristocracy has considerably increase
within the last 500 years.


Montenegro is already beginning to pay
the penalty of such civilization as it has
attained. Even in that little mountain
state the unemployed, pauperism and
emigration question and other like curses,
usually considered the peculiar property
of them most advanced peoples, are begin
ming to raise their heads. The prince and
his ministers will soon be face to face
with a grave internal difficulty, and the
cause assigned is hat the harvest this year
has been a bad one. This is quite possible,
but in the best of years there is little to
harvest in Montenegro except stones.
The cause is a far more deeply seated
one. When an entire nation finds its
only industry destroyed at a single blo-r
it must either starve or turn to new en-
Payments. This is the case with Mon
tenegro- In the old days the quantity of
the harvest was a matter of indifference;
its deficiencies were easily supplied.
When food ran short in the principality
inhabitants made a raid on the rich
Turkish lowlands, carried off their neigh
bors' produce and lifted the cattle. But
since Prince Nicholas, no doubt with the
best intentions in the world, has set to
work to c~ivilize his mountaineers and to
turn the light of European publicity
upon them, these pleasant little habits
have, perforce, become things of the
past. And as the Servians object very
strongly to a Montenegro emigration, it
is only too probable that the state which
withstood all the forces of the sultan for
centuries will fall to pieces through in
ternal disturbances .-London Globe.
, 1887-12-13
T-ELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

Aubertin, the man who shot Ferry on
Saturday, is said to be a lunatic.
r. Davidson, jeweler and ~pawnbroker,
of Denver, assigned yesterday, Assets,
1871 liabilities, $3l,577.
The wholesale boot and shoe house oil
Phelps, Dodge & Palm. Chicago, was
destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $3.50,
900; fully insured.
The Dempsey Reagan fight for the
middle-weight championship. to have
taken place near New York yesterday,
did not come off owing to bad weather.
Robert 4. Beecher, secretary of the
Continental Life Insurance company, oil
Hartford, and Isaac w. Hakes, chiel
clerk of the company, have been arrested
for making false returns to the insurance
commissioners.
, 1887-12-13
Tho Comm1ttee on Elections

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Speaker Car
Isle, having called upon Crisp, of Gcor-
gia, to preside over the house, stepped
down upon the floor and addressed the
chair as follows:
1T is well known that there is a con
test pending which makes it improper for
me as presiding officer of the house to
appoint a committee on elections. have
left the chair, therefore, for the purpose
of asking the house to excuse me from the
performance of that duty, and take such
proceedings in this matter as its judgment
may dictate. The formation of other
committees of the house will be facilitated
by having this matter disposed Of at the
, 1887-12-13
The Markets-stocks and Cattle.

The Markets-Stocks and Cattle.
New YORK, Dec. 12.-The stock
today was moderately active but weak,
a determined attack was made upon the
whole list at the opening and a marked
impression was made on values. The coal
stocks and Pacific roads were especially
weak. After the selling movement had
spent its curse there was Il partial recov-
cry, though the close was dull and barely
steady at nearly bottom prices of the day.
Fort Worth and Denver lost 80, Union
Pacific q and Pacific Mall Ii.
4-Governments dull but steady. Min
ing shares dull. Money 4@5 per cent.
Copper-Market firm. Lake, $I7.35.
Petroleum closed firm; opening at
76E; highest, 77s; lowest, 76a; closing, 775.
Sales, I,254. 900 barrels.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's. 1871; American Express,
l05; Canada Pacific. $50; Canada South
ern, 54E; Central Pacific, "a; Burlington,
I25; Delaware, Lackawanna, 1861; Den
yer 4 Rio Grande, 81; Erie, 27B; Lake
Shore, 93s; Louisville & Nashville, COY;
Michigan Central, $50; Kansas & Texas,
l73; New York Central, 1913; Northern
Pacific, 2Ia; preferred, Ash; Northwest.
ern, 1853; Oregon Improvement, 354;
Navigation. 874; Transcontinental, 1911;
Pacific Mail, "a; Panama, =; Rock
Island, IlO4; Milwaukee q St Paul,
73i; Reading, &C; Texas Pacific, pa;
Union Pacific, 544; United States Ex-
press, 65; Fargo, 30; Western Union, 75s,
CHICAGO, Dec. II. -Cattle-Receipts
10. 200; market steady; Christmas $50
f@6. 80; shipping steers, 50. 7094. 90;
Istockers and feeders, 81. 90@3 Is; Texas
cattle, 81. 60(92. 90.
Sheep-Receips 1000; market strong;
christmas mutton, SIS. 00@ s. go; natives,
80, 00(4.7 IS; Western, So. 50@4.15; Tex
ANS, 81. 50(G3.75.
Wheat.Market easy. Cash, ~; Jan
nary 76s May 83a.
, 1887-12-13
OFF TO NEW MEXICO.
The Slayer of Deputy Holdings.
worth Escapes.
A Lively Smuggling Match Be
tween Weir and Warren.
The Fight Declared a Draw
After Twenty Rounds.
The Deer Trail Terror.

CORONA, Colo, Dec. 12.-About 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon Gay Holdings
worth, deputy sheriff of Arapahoe county.
and a brother of Under Sheriff Frank
Hollingsworth, was shot and instantly
killed by Newton Vorce, a desperate, who
was being pursued by a sheriffs posse.
Since the fight with the officers at Deer
Trail last Thursday, when he dangerously
wounded Deputy Sheriff Cantley, Vorce
has been riding from one ranch to another
to elude the officers. Yesterday morning
they located him in a dugout situated on
the side of a hill within a few feet of
Muddy creek. on the L. III. G. ranch
near here. The officers, composed of
Frank and Gay HolEngsworth, George
Lynds. and a cowboy from Deer Trail,
approached the cabin but were warned off
by Vorce, who called out TO them to keep
away.
Frank Hollingsworth called on Vorce to
come out and surrender, but the outlaw
remained silent. When the men ap-
preached the dugout Vorce would call to
them to look out, and they did Sc. 1t was
determined to wait for darkness and then
make the attack.
At 5 o'clock the sheriffs gathered about
the house and advanc ed slowly circling it,
and with weapons drawn ready for use.
The desperate gave no sign of being
aware of their approach. When they
had approached within twenty feet of the
dugout there was a noise on the south
side of it and the one which Gay Hol-
lingsworth was guarding. He saw a rustic
of dead leaves and mud over one of the
chinks in the side of the house, and a
moment later there was a report and the
- $500. ell A.. A. 1x I'll -
mortal wound in his body.
The other deputies ran around the hill,
and lifting the PROSTATE man bore him to
a distance of safety. They then at
tempted to revive him, but after a few
short gasps he died. As the outlaw fired
the deputies returned 1t. The desperate
did not show himself at all.
Word was Immediately sent to Denver
for assistance, and several officers arrived
this afternoon on the scene-of the trouble
dead or alive. If impossible to induce
him to surrender, an effort will be made
to burn him out. Frank Hollingsworth
arrived here this evening with his broth
er's body, which will be shipped to
Browning, Illinois, tomorrow,
Vorce is provided with ammunition and
provisions, and says he will never be
taken alive. Just before he left the
ranch a man named Frost came out and
started towards the town. He was cap
tured, and said that during the fight yes.
terdaY afternoon Vorce had his thigh
badly shattered with a Winchester ball
and was unable to stand, and that he was
going for a surgeon. Vorce had four
companions in the dugout who would
stand nv him tn the last
, 1887-12-13
Farwell's Immigration Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Senator Far
wells bill to regulate immigration pro
vides that any immigrant who shall come
from a foreign port to any port within the
United States shall, before being permit.
ted to land, exhibit a certificate from the
United States consul from the port of
clearance of said vessel, stating that said
immigrant is not a convict, pauper, idiot
or insane person, and that he is possessed
of sufficient means to support himself for
n period OF six months; that any master
of any vessel who shall attempt to land
any immigrant who has not first procured
a certificate herein provided for shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon %convic-
ton be punished by a fine not exceeding
81, 900 for each person so found without
such certificate, and may also be impris-
oned for any term not exceeding one
year.
, 1887-12-13

Weir's eye, chin and nose.
Weir retaliated with one on the neck and
followed it with another on the ribs,
which nearly knocked Warren off his feet.
Warren then got in heavily on Weir's
neck, and the latter countered once more
on the damaged nose.
Time was called, and the fight declared
by the referee to be a draw. A great up
roar followed. Weir's hacker wants to
match his man to a fight to a finish with
Warren any time.
, 1887-12-13
Cowardly Assault on An Editor.

KANSAS CRY, Dec. l2.-Dr. Morrison
Munford, editor of the Kansas City
Times, was assaulted this afternoon by
Ed. Corrigan, the horseman. Corrigan
approached Munford from the rear, and
Selling his right arm dealt HIM a power
full blow in the eye. He then knocked
him down and struck him several times.
The cause of the assault is supposed to
be an editorial published in which CORR
gon was numerically scored for his attack
Of the previous day on Thomas Mosier, a
Times reporter.
, 1887-12-13
earliest day that will suit the convenience

earliest day hat will suit the convenience
of members.
Holman Of Indiana, offered a resolu-
ton hat the house at l o'clock tomorrow
proceed to elect fifteen members who will
constitute the committee on elections for
the present session.
Turner offered as a substitute a resolu-
providing for the election of a special
committee to hear and decide upon the
Thoebe-C Carlisle contest. The substitute
was rejected and Holman's resolution
adopted. A number Of propositions to
amend the rules were submitted and the
house adjourned.
, 1887-12-13

NON>S trife with any Throat or
INV Lung Disease. If you have
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threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
uso Acker's English Remedy and prevenf
further trouble, 1t is a positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and 50c
DR., w, N, Hunt.
, 1887-12-13
The Great Desperate Escapes.

DENVER, Dec. ia NeuS Corona
special says: A cowboy Just arrived from
the 4C ranch says that Vorce was not
wounded in the thigh as reported. I'm
mediately after he killed Hollingsworth he
mounted a horse and escaped in the
shape to defy the officers than ever. 1t is
, 1887-12-13
The Presidents Nominations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.-The presi-
dent to day sent to the senate q large
number of nominations. They were
nearly all appointments made during the
recess, and in most cases the nominees
are already in office.
, 1887-12-13
Al n chicago Lunch Counter.

Missourian Ito companion)-Whut's
them fciers dom over thar?
CompaaGon-Eating.
Missourian-Wall, III be blamed, Of /
didn't think they wuz a-shuckin' CON-
Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1887-12-13
Great bargains at L. Loeb's,

WA and reliable Medicines arc the best
OSo to depend upon. Acker's BLOOD FL
ixir Inns been prescribed for years for all
purities oftheB Blood. In every form of Scrof.
ulous, Syphilitic or Mcrcurinl diseases, it is
Invaluable. For Rheumatism. has no equnl.
DR.. W. N. Hunt
, 1887-12-13

on Dec. 12, 1887, at 8 p. M. local time. Obserya-
lions taken at the same moment OF time at all
stations.
, 1887-12-13

Economy aud strength are peculiar to
, 1887-12-13
FOR E YEARS.
The Bank President Receives a
Heavy Sentence.
The Highest Penalty the Law
Can Impose.
Ten Years in the Ohio State
Penitentiary.
Harper Sentenced.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 12.-The greatest
crowd gathered in the corridors of the
United States court room since the open.
ing of the Harper trial assembled this
morning long before the opening of court.
Judge Sage appeared alone, and soon
after the jury were seated Harper entered,
looking pale and concerned. Behind him
came his wife. looking as though upbornc
by the faith that in some way she was tc
hear good news from the jury. Miss
Matthews, her sister, followed. Wher
they were seated the clerk tore open the
sealed envelope inclosing the sentence,
and read the fatal words: I'VE, the jury,
find
, 1887-12-13

The silence was broken by Blackburn
making a last request from the court.
That was that the order for immediate
Imprisonment be suspended and gave as a
reason hat there was much business to
be attended to by Harper in which his
wife was closely concerned, and that it
would be exceedingly difficult to attend to
it unless Harper could remain here for a
few days. But the court was relentless
and repeated the order to the marshal to
convey Harper thither to-day.
, 1887-12-13
THE DEFENDANT GUILTY

as charged in the Indictment" This
meant guilty on all the thirty-three counts
left for the Jury to act upon. Mrs. Har-
per sat as if transfxed, but Miss Mat
thews found relief in tears.
Blackburn moved for an arrest of judg-
ment, which the court instantly overruled.
The district attorney moved for immedi-
ate sentence, and hat the sentence be
cumulative. Judge Sage oyerruled the
motion and asked if the defendant had
anything to say before sentence was pro-
nounced upon him.
Blackburn said hat the defendant
wished him to say that he had nothing to
add to what had been said, except to thank
the court for its fair and impartial treat
ment and to ask that the court be as mer-
ciful as the circumstances and the law
would permit.
The court directed Harper to stand up.
1t was a most distressing scene. The strong
mar stock erect with
EAR CoURsING DOWN HIS CHEEKS,
but with no other sign of emotion save his
blanched face. Behind his chair, with
bowed head, sat his wife in agony that
had no better manifestation than the
wringing OF her hands. The court with
the usual soemnitv recited the usual
form of sentence, saying that the evil
dence left no doubt of the defendants
guilt and that his offense merited the
highest penalty of the law, which the
court would now impose-ten years in the
Ohio penitentiary, and that the marshal
convey him thither at once.
Harper sat down. Turning to his wife
their lips met, her hands vent around his
neck, and his arms encompassed her.
The silence in the court room was awful.
The jurors wept and the women and men
, 1887-12-13

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, 1887-12-13

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The defeat Of Camden Tor Senator n
West Virginia, BY split in the lexisla-
ture, does not work any loss to the party
- the Senate. but Il puts the State n The
doubtful column for 1883. The defeat q
Albeit IN New Jersey has exactly the
same effect Therefore rho democrats
cannot count OF : solid south. New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut 10
elect the next President. But this does
not signify that democrat will not BE-
elected. Its significance Il TO lower the
5mporssnce Of New Jcrsev and Con.
necticui in ~ q z..s ~, inrrea-.. the IN I.
poriancc " Indiana. California and Ore.
g0n.
il will Be necessary 10 carry the three
last named states. Others NAV but fhese
must be put IN the democratic columns.
With them, New York and the solid
south exclusive OF West VirRinja. the
democrats win. And right here & would
be we'll for those who will have charge
q me campaign % remember thst The
contest in 1880 We lost 70 the demo-
Gratis BY scattering. II Ohio had been
abandoned, @ Il should have been b.
wise leaders and the forces concentrated
On Indiana, the state would have gone
oomocrasic In October and Hancock
you'd have been elected n November.
such blundcr should not BE- repeated
Inc states named con be carried. II
more isll -, well enough, but coDceu-
srA'e the hight where the enemy's lines
are ne weakest. IN. A. Ledger.
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e OF the Republican party on other oc
cssions within the easy recollection o.
the people.
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been beaten fairly The session close.
with Turpie elected and Smith in The
Presidents chair Of the Senate. The
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The Prison Director were IN session
Tuesday afternoon and night. M. Pat
tor the new Warden, presented ia
bond % Tuesday evening. Director
John Horn thought that Il Wa neceeasrv
sor me directors 70 have little time 81
order 20 look Into The responsibility Of
Inc bondsmen. This forenoon The bond
was approved and Mr. Patton entered
upon bic duties. All The bondsmen e.
cept one, Senator Day, Or this city. ere
ses,ocnts a Sullivan counsy.-M ".